10 shot, 3 dead, on South and West sides

Three people died and seven others were wounded in shootings Friday night and Saturday morning on the South and West sides, police said.

Half of the people wounded were shot within blocks of 71st Street and Racine Avenue, in the south end of the Englewood neighborhood and north end of the Gresham neighborhood.

A 21-year-old woman was shot and killed in the 3900 block of West 19th Street in the Lawndale neighborhood about 4:33 a.m., police said.

Michelle Gregory of the 7600 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue was pronounced dead at 5:02 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. Gregory suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

A 31-year-old man was found inside his cab near the intersection of Racine Avenue and 69th Street with a through-and-through gunshot wound to the torso, police said. Police recovered shell casings a few blocks north on Racine, police said. Police are investigating whether he was shot near the intersection of Racine Avenue and 66th Street and kept driving before his vehicle came to a rest. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about 3:45 a.m., a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said.

He was identified as Adegboye Oguntade of the 3600 block of 173rd Court in Lansing, the spokeswoman said.

About 1:30 a.m., a 52-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the neck in the 6400 block of South Langley Avenue in the West Woodlawn neighborhood, police said. It's not clear why he was shot, but he showed no signs of life when police responded.

About 3:45 a.m. a 24-year-old man was shot in the 2700 block of West Augusta Boulevard in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, police said. He walked into Norwegian-American Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back and he's in good condition, police said.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the 2300 block of West Grand Avenue in the West Town neighborhood about 3:30 a.m., police said. He's in stable condition at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, police said.

Two other people were shot near Throop and 70th streets about 11:25 p.m. Friday in Englewood, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the neck and shoulder and is in serious condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said. A 17-year-old boy was also shot in the stomach and is in critical condition at Stroger hospital, police said. The two were walking on a sidewalk when they were shot, police said.

Two people were shot about 8:55 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Carpenter Street, police said. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the left cheek and left side of the chest and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition, police said. A 19-year-old man he was with suffered a graze wound to the ear and is in good condition at Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center, police said.

The two were standing on a corner with several other people when someone pulled a gun and started shooting at them from an alley, police said. Police said the two weren't cooperative and didn't self-identify as gang members, but police believe the shooting was gang-related.

In the Hyde Park neighborhood, a 29-year-old man was shot in the 5100 block of South Ingleside Avenue about 12:45 a.m. He was shot multiple times and was taken to the University of Chicago hospital, Gaines said. Police described the shooting as a drive-by that may be gang-related. Someone inside a passing black SUV shot at the man, police said.